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October 2015 Posts

Reader comments closed until Tuesday (10-30)
Rape crisis center running on fumes (10-30)
What you can do to help: #ILGIVE (10-30)
*** UPDATED x2 - Audio *** Hollywood (10-30)
Question of the day (10-30)
Illinois risks forfeiting millions (10-30)
Talking past each other (10-30)
*** UPDATED x1 *** The "hostage" meme spreads (10-30)
This Just In: Exelon Profits Exceed Expectations - $629 Million (10-30)
Yeah, this'll end well (10-30)
*** UPDATED x1 *** A desperate plea for help (10-30)
Jim Edgar still isn't going away (10-30)
Heh (10-30)
This is a fantastic idea! (10-30)
Another hostage (10-30)
Encouraging News For Illinois Nuclear Plants, But Policy Reforms Still Needed (10-30)
*** UPDATED x2 - Rahm fires back *** Because... Rahm (10-30)
More unsolicited impasse advice (10-30)
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The Ounce responds (10-30)
Question of the day (10-29)
Chamber urges Rauner to "hang in there" (10-29)
No daylight (10-29)
Despite unpaid bills, Fairfield mayor vows to stick with Rauner (10-29)
More unsolicited impasse advice (10-29)
Personalities are only part of it (10-29)
Report: A quarter of all title loans wind up in default (10-29)
Credit Unions – Helping to Grow Safer and Stronger Communities (10-29)
Activist calls out Illinois media, says governor "absurd and dishonest" (10-29)
Yep, it's about the budget (10-29)
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Question of the day (10-28)
Candidate Rauner vs. Gov. Rauner (10-28)
Read all the way to the bottom (10-28)
Our very own hero (10-28)
Because... Madigan (10-28)
Today's quotables (10-28)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Reform groups want bipartisan agenda for budget meeting (10-28)
Two versions of the "status quo" (10-28)
Harris and Zopp move to the left (10-28)
Justifying the war (10-28)
Yeah, we're so pro-business now (10-28)
Hastert deal recommends 0-6 months sentence (10-28)
"It’s unclear whether a phone was tossed or a shouting match took place" (10-28)
Unsolicited impasse advice (10-27)
Today's venting (10-27)
Madigan tries to be upbeat (10-27)
Mike Madigan to run for Senate (10-27)
Question of the day (10-27)
From the mouths of babes (10-27)
Study: Illinois going opposite direction on child care (10-27)
Moody's downgrades six universities (10-27)
First, fix the bottlenecks (10-27)
Fun with fundraisers (10-27)
Rep. Zed wants fantasy sports regs (10-27)
Agreed. Now, where's your plan? (10-27)
Credit Unions – Helping to Grow Safer and Stronger Communities (10-27)
Some good news, but still a ways to go on workers' comp (10-27)
Rauner sticks to his guns, downplays November meeting, blames Democrats for impasse (10-27)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a campaign roundup (10-27)
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Skimming over the "why" (10-26)
Some lottery sales appear to be moving to other states (10-26)
More lip service (10-26)
The real reason behind the Edgar bashing (10-26)
Heckuva job, Brownie (10-26)
Offered without comment (10-26)
Our crisis in a nutshell (10-26)
Question of the day (10-26)
A case for better laws (10-26)
Left unsaid... (10-26)
The biggest hostage of all? (10-26)
Pot, meet kettle (10-26)
Domestic violence victims are victimized again (10-26)
#Winning (10-26)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (10-23)
*** UPDATED x5 - Garrett "extremely pleased," but leaders should have input on agenda - Madigan will wait for details - Radogno, Durkin, Cullerton accept *** Rauner accepts leaders meeting offer, but in his office (10-23)
Meh (10-23)
Today's good deed (10-23)
"Don't count on it" (10-23)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** Dorothy Brown slating rescinded by Cook Dems (10-23)
*** UPDATED x1 - Cullerton will also attend *** Madigan agrees to good government groups' budget meeting request (10-23)
Today's number: $225 million (10-23)
Child care and the workforce (10-23)
Question of the day (10-23)
Examining the Moody's downgrade (10-23)
Then and now (10-23)
Rauner, trade unions reach agreement, want to "improve relations" (10-23)
Jim Edgar is not going away (10-23)
For the umpteenth time, Madigan urges focus on budget (10-22)
A commenter retires (10-22)
Illinois Policy Institute poll: Everybody is unpopular and nobody has a clear mandate (10-22)
Moody's downgrades Illinois (10-22)
Question of the day (10-22)
More ideas, more demands (10-22)
On the other hand... (10-22)
The roots of the impasse and how we got here (10-22)
Emphasis added (10-22)
Rauner throws brush-back pitch at GOP predecessors (10-22)
Nothing new here, move along (10-22)
Facing the music (10-22)
Laying the groundwork? (10-22)
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Good morning! (10-22)
Rauner on the stump (10-21)
Seeya... (10-21)
Munger to talk about domestic/sexual violence programs (10-21)
Question of the day (10-21)
Fun with numbers (10-21)
So, how's that plan working out? (10-21)
Rep. Harper takes "Esther Golar Pledge" (10-21)
Loan plan emerges (10-21)
The perils of being a moderate (10-21)
MJM responds to critics (10-21)
Our own "Freedom Caucus" (10-21)
*** UPDATED x1 - IllinoisGO responds *** Yep, they've got them right where they want them (10-21)
"Out of service" (10-21)
NLCS open thread (10-21)
Dems will revisit Dorothy Brown slating (10-20)
AG's office suggests Rauner attorneys committed "unlawful" act (10-20)
Question of the day (10-20)
Emanuel tax break plan inches forward in House (10-20)
Franks upset at hearing no-shows (10-20)
Uber running new TV ad pushing for airport service (10-20)
The best laid plans... (10-20)
MLB playoff open thread (10-20)
A bit much (10-20)
Kirk stands by his man (10-20)
Because... Madigan (10-20)
Comptroller now says quote was "misreported," but still wants Rauner to stop whacking unions (10-20)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** Overtime session (10-20)
RNUG examines Rauner's latest pension reform push (10-20)
Today's number: 15,000 (10-20)
When the pot is actually the kettle (10-20)
Compromise isn't surrender (10-20)
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Fitch downgrades Illinois (10-19)
Question of the day (10-19)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Reimers event details (10-19)
Moody's warns on pensions as Rauner floats idea (10-19)
United Way claims 84 percent of human service agencies have cut clients, 79 percent have cut programs (10-19)
State seeks emergency janitorial contract for JRTC (10-19)
The waiting game (10-19)
Kirk lauded by gun control group (10-19)
Putting human faces on rule changes (10-19)
MLB playoffs open thread (10-19)
Today's number: $57.5 million (10-19)
Symbolism rampant in Thompson Center sale (10-19)
The city's elite weren't so elite when it came to B-3 and pals (10-19)
An evolving statement (10-19)
"He might want to" (10-19)
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Munger urges Rauner to stop attacking unions, Edgar reiterates plea to stop holding the budget hostage (10-17)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (10-16)
Mackevich out at ALPM, Martin is reportedly next (10-16)
Company says it has a 19-year lease at JRTC (10-16)
Question of the day (10-16)
Credit Unions – Individual service, united in focus (10-16)
Jim Edgar: "We can't hold the budget hostage for other issues" (10-16)
"I've got $400 million at risk in our city" (10-16)
Point taken x2 (10-16)
Was, not is (10-16)
Release some hostages, please (10-16)
Busting an internet troll (10-16)
Your translation? (10-16)
Biss still a fundraising juggernaut (10-16)
Today's number: $270 million (10-16)
Another hostage (10-16)
McCann primary opponent drops out (10-16)
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More of the same in Quincy (10-15)
It's still a pipe dream (10-15)
More like this, please (10-15)
Question of the day (10-15)
The Kasich lesson (10-15)
The Getty model? (10-15)
Gridlock spreads (10-15)
Caption contest! (10-15)
Chicago budget primer (10-15)
Credit Unions – Individual service, united in focus (10-15)
Rethinking George (10-15)
Poll finds over third of southern Illinoisans impacted by state gridlock (10-15)
Lottery ends payouts over $600 (10-15)
Report: Dorothy Brown's home raided by feds (10-15)
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Preckwinkle says Emanuel tax break can't be done (10-14)
"Your version of solidarity has no place in the Catholic Church" (10-14)
"Oof" is right (10-14)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** Comptroller Munger says she can't make November pension payment (10-14)
Yet another prediction of 2016 (10-14)
The GOP framing (10-14)
Question of the day (10-14)
End run on JRTC sale? (10-14)
MLB playoff open thread (10-14)
Redfield: Rauner demands are "beyond crazy" and "the worst kind of pandering" (10-14)
Caption contest! (10-14)
Left unsaid (10-14)
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File this under "Stuff I didn't know" (10-13)
Question of the day (10-13)
From the mouths of babes (10-13)
You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows (10-13)
Unclear on the concept (10-13)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** Gov. Rauner press conference (10-13)
Zopp whacked as she prepares to air TV ads (10-13)
*** UPDATED x1 - Not exactly limo levels *** Should voter registration be easier or tougher? (10-13)
Rate the Alvarez kick-off video (10-13)
Face facts and stop playing the victim (10-13)
Joe Tybor (10-13)
Poll: Majority of Southern Illinois voters disapprove of Rauner (10-13)
Reader comments closed for the holiday weekend (10-09)
Zopp makes small cable TV buy during debate (10-09)
Exelon Just Received A $1.7 Billion Rate Increase Through The Market-Based Capacity Auction (10-09)
Question of the day (10-09)
Raoul: "Inflexible demands plus willful amnesia is no recipe for any negotiation" (10-09)
Violence spike blamed on budget cuts (10-09)
*** UPDATED - Home and doing better *** I'll be back later (10-09)
Gray hired by Trump (10-09)
MLB playoff open thread (10-09)
Once more, with feeling (10-09)
B3 fallout? (10-09)
Unclear on the concept (10-09)
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Tonight's must-read (10-08)
Tribune to put tower up for sale (10-08)
They say that like it's a bad thing (10-08)
Exelon Just Received A $1.7 Billion Rate Increase Through The Market-Based Capacity Auction (10-08)
Point taken. However... (10-08)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Byrd-Bennett indicted by the feds (10-08)
Yikes, man (10-08)
The Credit Union Difference (10-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Kotowski bash, event list (10-08)
Question of the day (10-08)
Dimas: "There's a chance we will have to introduce the FY17 budget before we have an FY16 budget" (10-08)
Unclear on the concept (10-08)
Rhetoric vs. reality (10-08)
Supremes snub Illinois Policy Institute appeal (10-08)
Aren't we forgetting something? (10-08)
True, but... (10-08)
Things are tense all over (10-08)
Unclear on the concept (10-08)
Rep. Leitch won't run again (10-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a Golar replacement update from AlderTrack (10-08)
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Question of the day (10-07)
Meh (10-07)
Hope is not a plan (10-07)
Forewarned is forearmed (10-07)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** Gov. Rauner Chicago speech (10-07)
McCarter announces (10-07)
Claypool's alleged weakness: Ignorance (10-07)
The Credit Union Difference (10-07)
Geneseo threatens to cut off state utilities (10-07)
Our rapidly fraying social infrastructure (10-07)
Rate Uber's new radio ad (10-07)
Question of the day (10-06)
Prepare for a skewering (10-06)
Rauner apologizes for no budget, blames Dems (10-06)
This just in... Mautino to be recommended for Auditor General (10-06)
Study: Four of the ten worst cities for African-Americans are in Illinois (10-06)
Lip service (10-06)
Today's quotable (10-06)
War of words resumes (10-06)
BND collects two more scalps (10-06)
McCarter gearing up to challenge Shimkus (10-06)
Caption contest! (10-06)
Sorry to see him go, happy to see the other guy leave (10-06)
"Unclear" on the concept (10-06)
A complete leadership stalemate (10-06)
Behind the impasse (10-06)
Report: Child care more expensive than state university tuition (10-06)
We're not exactly Old Faithful here (10-06)
Good morning! (10-06)
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One more day (10-05)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (10-02)
Sign of the times? (10-02)
Question of the day (10-02)
Exelon Just Received A $1.7 Billion Rate Increase Through The Market-Based Capacity Auction (10-02)
Today's number: 60 (10-02)
No imminent power shut-offs (10-02)
Chamber all-in on impasse (10-02)
COGFA: State receipts down almost a billion dollars in first quarter (10-02)
Two racetracks will likely close (10-02)
"How many babies have to die?" (10-02)
Report: "A billion-dollar giveaway rife with failure" (10-02)
Frerichs warns of impasse consequences (10-02)
Quinn touring the state (10-02)
911 centers facing budget pinch (10-02)
No money, no water (10-01)
NRSC: "Duckworth sides with terrorists" (10-01)
FOP: Rauner holding state "hostage," demeaning workers (10-01)
University presidents request leaders meeting: "We are on the brink of serious operational damage" (10-01)
Roskam bows out, Kinzinger lashes out (10-01)
Exelon Just Received A $1.7 Billion Rate Increase Through The Market-Based Capacity Auction (10-01)
Derrick Smith's prison report date extended (10-01)
Illinois Credit Unions – A Smarter Choice (10-01)
Question of the day (10-01)
Rehab groups in big trouble, but the Cell is getting new scoreboards (10-01)
State AFL-CIO endorses Duckworth, waves off Zopp objections (10-01)
Chicago fuel tax reserves running on fumes (10-01)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Bean counters (10-01)
Rep. Drury loses round at Supreme Court (10-01)
Our rapidly crumbling human service infrastructure (10-01)
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